A webinar entitled "Psi in the Natural World" presented by Dr. Cal Cooper and organised by the Forever Family Foundation (Discuss)

When:

Saturday, 25 April, 2020, 15:00 - 16:30 (Eastern Time).

Where:

Online.

How much:

$6 Members / $20 Non-Members

What:

[From the organisers]

In the early works of the Society for Psychical Research (est. 1882), it was found that experiences of ghosts and apparitions immediately following the death of a person were highly common experiences. By the 1970s, medical research had begun to acknowledge such experiences for the bereaved, which had a wide reaching impact on medical research and thanatology. Contrary to some popularly held beliefs, these After Death Communications (ADCs) have been found to be highly beneficial to the bereavement process and are almost exclusively experienced by the bereaved. Of interest to parapsychology is to what extent these experiences suggest ‘psi’ (extra-sensory perception and psychokinetic effects) being involved.

Who:

[From the organisers]

Dr Callum E. Cooper joined the SPR in 2007. He became a member of the Survival Research Committee and then Council several years later. He is a senior lecturer and researcher of psychology at the University of Northampton. He is the third year module co-ordinator for ‘Parapsychology & Anomalous Experiences’ and lectures on such topics as: parapsychology, positive psychology, sexual behaviour, and death and loss. He received a PhD from the University of Northampton (2017) exploring the impact of post-death experiences on bereavement, and soon after received a PhD from Manchester Metropolitan University (2018) based on ten years of work he’d conducted in parapsychology regarding spontaneous case research and the survival hypothesis. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2009 Eileen J. Garrett Scholarship Award (Parapsychology Foundation), the Dr Gertrude Schmeidler Award (Parapsychological Association), as was a nominee for the 2018 Ockham’s Razor Award for Excellence in Skeptical Activism (The Skeptic Magazine / QEDcon). He also holds various positions with research institutes including: Library Fellow of the Eileen J. Garrett – Parapsychology Foundation (2015), Principle Researcher of the Alex Tanous Foundation, Research Associate of Hope Studies Central (University of Alberta), Professional Member of the Parapsychological Association, and Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society.